An interesting experiment. Probably not producing any LENR effects, but still a good data point.
Laser beam fooused on - "a target that consisted of fine nickel hairs just 55nm wide and up to five micrometers long. The spacing between the hairs was on the order of 130nm [....] They found that the typical target had so many electrons ripped away (26 in total) that the nickel atom was left with just two electrons (like helium). When they tried the same experiments with gold, they were able to remove 52 of gold's 79 electrons, which is a very large number." Immense electric fields must have been generated. References: Hairy metal laser show produces bright X-Rays -- Setting metallic wires on fire creates a bright X-Ray glow http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/hairy-metal-laser-show-produces-bright-x-rays/ Plasma from "hairy" target releases high-energy x rays http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/news-picks/plasma-from--hairy--target-releases-high-energy-x-rays-a-news-pick-post
